---
name: "tcm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tcm"
version: "2.20+TSQD-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tcm"
---

# tcm(1)

Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling

## NAME

tcm - Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling

## SYNOPSIS

**tcm \[options\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**tcm** is an X11/Motif based startup program for the  *Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling (TCM)*. With *tcm* you can display and start up all  available tools.

## ARGUMENTS

In addition to the standard X11 toolkit options (see X11(7)), *tcm*  accepts the options listed below:

- **-help**

  Write all available options to standard output and quit.

- **-priv\_cmap**

  Start tcm (and the tools that are launched from tcm) with a private colormap.

- **-version**

  Write the TCM version to standard output and quit.

## ENVIRONMENT

The **TCM\_HOME** environment variable should be the directory where the TCM files are installed.

- **PATH**

  Should include $TCM\_HOME/bin

- **MANPATH**

  Should include $TCM\_HOME/man

- **PRINTER**

  Name of the default printer that is used by the tools.

- **LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH**

  Should include $TCM\_HOME/lib when the distribution contains shared object libraries (files ending on .so) in $TCM\_HOME/lib.

## FILES

The following relative path names are relative to $TCM\_HOME.

- *lib/help/\**

  The help directory contains a collection of text files for the on-line help.

- *lib/TCM*

  X Resources (the same as the ones that are built-in). You can customize the fonts and colors by setting resources  in your X defaults database.  Each string of the form  \`\`TCM.resource:definition'' sets a resource.

- *lib/tcm.conf*

  TCM editor configuration file. This file contains values for some of the editor defaults like the page size, the default  fonts etc. This file is read by each editor upon startup.

- *$HOME/.tcmrc*

  Each user of TCM can override some of the options of tcm.conf by its own configuration file, installed in $HOME/.tcmrc.

## SEE ALSO

Frank Dehne, Roel Wieringa and Henk van de Zandschulp --  TCM (Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling), User's Guide and Reference. This document is available as PostScript and HTML in $TCM\_HOME/doc or as HTML via the URL  http://www.cs.utwente.nl/~tcm.

X11(7), [tgd(1)](/tgd/1.md), [tgt(1)](/tgt/1.md), [tgtt(1)](/tgtt/1.md), [tesd(1)](/tesd/1.md), [tstd(1)](/tstd/1.md), [tefd(1)](/tefd/1.md), [tfrt(1)](/tfrt/1.md), [tfet(1)](/tfet/1.md), [ttut(1)](/ttut/1.md), [tssd(1)](/tssd/1.md), [tucd(1)](/tucd/1.md), [tatd(1)](/tatd/1.md), [tsnd(1)](/tsnd/1.md), [tpsd(1)](/tpsd/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Frank Dehne (frank@cs.vu.nl).

## BUGS

Please send bug reports to tcm@cs.utwente.nl.